Kendi changed his middle name to Xolani, a Xhosa and Zulu word for "peace". [11][8] Kendi has said that he decided to drop Henry, the middle name he was given at birth, after learning about the key role that Portuguese explorer Prince Henry the Navigator played in beginning the Atlantic slave trade.
Ibram X. Kendi is an American author, historian, and activist who studies and writes about racism and anti-racism in the United States. Through his books and speeches, he argues that racist policies and ideas are deeply ingrained in American society.
Ibram X. Kendi is a contributing writer at The Atlantic; and Mellon Professor and Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. Kendi is also the author of How to Be an Antiracist.
WASHINGTON, DC – Howard University announced today the appointment of Ibram X. Kendi, PhD, one of the world’s leading historians and most widely read scholars, as the director of the newly established Howard University Institute for Advanced Study.
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Historian and best-selling author Ibram X. Kendi said he launched his new book in Minneapolis, ahead of its official March 17 release, after the surge of federal immigration enforcement in the...
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In “How to Be an Antiracist,” the scholar Ibram X. Kendi scrutinizes himself and the rest of us for lessons on how to eradicate the scourge of racism. By Jeffrey C. Stewart
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars. His books have been translated into multiple languages and republished throughout the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Kendi is Professor of History and the founding director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study, an ...